Assessment Reports: These are published materials composed of the full scientific and technical assessment of climate change, generally in three volumes, one for each of the Working Groups of the IPCC, together with their Summaries for Policymakers,
plus a Synthesis Report

Special Reports: These are materials that provide an assessment of a specific issue and generally follow the same structure as a volume of an Assessment Report

Methodology Reports: These are materials that provide practical guidelines for the preparation of greenhouse gas inventories

Assessment Reports

These are published materials composed of the full scientific and technical assessment of climate change, generally in three volumes,
one for each of the Working Groups of the IPCC, plus a Synthesis Report. Each of the Working Group volumes is composed of individual
chapters, an optional Technical Summary and a Summary for Policymakers. The Synthesis Report synthesizes and integrates materials
contained within the Assessment Reports and Special Reports and is written in a non-technical style suitable for policymakers and address
a broad-range of policy-relevant but policy-neutral questions. It is composed of a longer report and a Summary for Policymakers

IPCC SPECIAL REPORTS

Special Reports are an assessment of a specific issue and generally follow the same structure as
a volume of an Assessment Report. They are subject to the same writing, review and approval process
as Assessment Reports.

Summary for Policymakers and Technical SummaryIPCC, Geneva, Switzerland. Pp 230.
Available from the IPCC
Secretariat in Arabic, Chinese, English,
French, Spanish and Russian.

Errata to SPM/TS (English printed version)
Note: The first print run of English version of the SPM and TS contained some editorial errors which were corrected and are reflected in the full published and
electronic version of the Report as well as in subsequent print runs of the SPM and TS

METHODOLOGY REPORTS

These are published materials, which provide practical guidelines for the preparation of greenhouse gas inventories. They are intended to meet the inventory reporting requirements of Parties to the UNFCCC. They are supplemented by inventory software. They are subject to the same writing and review process as Assessment Reports. The Overview Chapters of Methodology Reports are adopted section by section by the Panel,
while the report is accepted by the Panel

2013 Supplement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories: Wetlands

TRANSLATIONS INTO NON-UN
LANGUAGES

A number of countries have
undertaken translations of IPCC reports into
languages that are not official languages
of the United Nations. IPCC welcomes these
initiatives but would note that the translations
have been prepared under the responsibility
of the respective country or institutions.
The IPCC does not assume any responsibility
for the accuracy of these translations into
non-UN languages. In working to achieve
the widest possible dissemination of IPCC
knowledge, the IPCC is pleased to assist
in making these translations available.

The following translations
of the IPCC Third Assessment Report, Climate
Change 2001 (TAR) and the IPCC Fourth Assessment
Report , Climate Change 2007 (AR4)and some Special
Reports and Technical Papers have
been brought to the attention of the IPCC
Secretariat: